The Romanovs : 1613-1918 / Simon Sebag Montefiore.
By: Sebag Montefiore, Simon [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, A division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017Edition: First Vintage Books edition.Description: xxxiv, 748 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) map ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780307280510; 0307280519.Subject(s): Romanov, House of | Dynastie des Romanov | Romanov, House of | 1613-1917 | Kings and rulers | Russia -- Kings and rulers -- Biography | Russia -- History -- 1613-1917 | Russie -- Histoire -- 1613-1917 | RussiaGenre/Form: collective biographies. | Biographies. | History. | Biographies. | Biographies.Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From the national bestselling author of Stalin: An "epic history on the grandest scale" ( Financial Times ) about the most successful dynasty of modern times, a family who created the world's greatest empire--and then lost it all.
"An essential addition to the library of anyone interested in Russian history." -- The New York Times Book Review
The Romanovs ruled a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality intoc the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?
This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence, and wild extravagance.
Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers an enthralling epic of triumph and tragedy, love and murder, that is both a universal study of power and a portrait of empire that helps define Russia today.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-673) and index.
Prologue : Two boys in a time of troubles -- Act I: The rise. Scene 1: The brideshows ; Scene 2: The young monk ; Scene 3: The musketeers ; Scene 4: The All-Drunken Synod -- Act II: The apogee. Scene 1: The emperor ; Scene 2: The empresses ; Scene 3: Russian Venus ; Scene 4: The Golden Age ; Scene 5: The conspiracy ; Scene 6: The duel -- Act III: The decline. Scene 1: Jupiter ; Scene 2: Liberator ; Scene 3: Colossus ; Scene 4: Master of the land ; Scene 5: Catastrophe ; Scene 6: Emperor Michael II ; Scene 7: Afterlife -- Epilogue : Red tsars/white tsars.
The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Simon Sebag Montefiore's chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power and ruthless empire-building, overshadowed by palace conspiracy, family rivalries, sexual decadence and wild extravagance. Drawing on new archival research, Montefiore delivers an enthralling epic of triumph and tragedy, love and murder, that is both a universal study of power and a portrait of empire that helps define Russia today.--Page [4] of cover.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of Illustrations (p. xi)
- Map: The Expansion of Russia, 1613-1917 (p. xiv)
- Family Tree: The House of Romanov (p. xvi)
- Introduction (p. xix)
- Acknowledgements and Sources (p. xxix)
- Note (p. xxxiii)
- Prologue: Two Boys in a Time of Troubles (p. 1)
- Act I The Rise
- Scene 1 The Brideshows (p. 9)
- Scene 2 The Young Monk (p. 39)
- Scene 3 The Musketeers (p. 61)
- Scene 4 The All-Drunken Synod (p. 77)
- Act II The Apogee
- Scene 1 The Emperor (p. 105)
- Scene 2 The Empresses (p. 135)
- Scene 3 Russian Venus (p. 169)
- Scene 4 The Golden Age (p. 203)
- Scene 5 The Conspiracy (p. 249)
- Scene 6 The Duel (p. 279)
- Act III The Decline
- Scene 1 Jupiter (p. 339)
- Scene 2 Liberator (p. 385)
- Scene 3 Colossus (p. 455)
- Scene 4 Master of the Land (p. 487)
- Scene 5 Catastrophe (p. 561)
- Scene 6 Emperor Michael II (p. 601)
- Scene 7 Afterlife (p. 625)
- Epilogue: Red Tsars/White Tsars (p. 654)
- Bibliography (p. 659)
- Notes (p. 674)
- Index (p. 731)